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I was constantly going or not going to Monster Cross for weeks leading up to the race. The race was postponed from its scheduled date since the race venue was under a pile of snow that then got snowed on again and also covered in ice. But that was fine with me as I bought … Continue reading →

“Why is life so hard?!” I dramatically complained as I looked at the start list of the Women’s 1/2/3 race for Schooley Mill. Fierce competition is a good problem to have in the world of women’s local bike racing, but I still often wonder how I ended up in the Elite race in the first place. To … Continue reading →

Leading up to Seneca Creek and Tacchino a bit of rain was in the forecast, leading me to extensively over analyze the previous dryness of the soil, combined with a mere inch of rain, and compare it to last year when we got about 7 inches of rain before the race. My final conclusion was … Continue reading →

With DCCX right around the corner, I wanted to reminisce on the brief history of the race’s Peep equivalent: DC Peeplocross (DCPX). In the fall of 2012 my friend Caroline did her first cyclocross race. This day spawned a marvelous idea from Caroline; we would make a peep diorama of DCCX for the Washington Post Peep … Continue reading →

I’m never sure how to feel about Hyattsville. The pancake flat twisty course doesn’t give me a single advantage, but then there is the wooded section that no matter how they configure it, it always seems to help me out just a little bit. I watched a lap or two of the Master’s 3/4 race … Continue reading →